Newly divorced, Andrew Stratton lives in his head. He teaches architectural theory but has never built anything. He writes about communities where form and material are in harmony, but has no sense of where he belongs. He is capable of deep emotions, but is unable to express the…
"Newly divorced, Andrew Stratton lives in his head and not with his heart. He teaches architectural theory but has never built a building. He writes about "The Anatomy of Livable places"--Communities where form and material are in harmony - but has no sense of where he belongs. …
Escaping from the predictable routine of his university life in Philadelphia, newly divorced Andrew Stratton travels to England and channels his pain into a weeklong course on building stone walls. Moved by the warmth and connectedness of the village, Andrew begins to shed his s…